Irving Berlin

Bad Plus...Plus

Bad Plus...Plus

Beyond Playlist: The All-Soundtrack Edition

Come to Mama

The Godfather of Espaol

You just can't help falling in love with El Vez.

Songs of the Century

Part one of a pre-millennial salute to the music that made America sing.

A Bad Shot

Annie Get Your Gun aims high and misses badly.

Top 10 Reissues of 2008

Over the next couple of weeks, Backbeat will feature some Top Ten lists from around the Village Voice Media chain. Click here for previous year-in-review coverage from Backbeat and VVM. It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy ... More >>

Backwash

The Aggie Theater may trade the PA for pool tables.

Jessica Williams/Bruce Barth

All Alone (MAXJAZZ)
Live at the Village Vanguard (MAXJAZZ)

Various Artists

You're Sensational: Cole Porter in the '20s, '40s, & '50s/Cole Porter Centennial Collection, Volume 2 (Indiana Historical Society/Koch International Classics)

Now Playing

Capsule reviews of current shows

Now Playing

Capsule reviews of current shows

Now Playing

Capsule reviews of current shows

White Christmas

We're dreaming of a real holiday musical.

A Different Time

Irving Berlin's White Christmas tells a classic tale.

Hanukkah Songs

Wherein we find the coining of our new favorite word: Jew-pergroup.

Flick Pick

White Christmas

Tea Time

Waltzing through the past

Xmas Marks the Spot

A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs.

Timeless Music Wins Out

The bouncy I Love a Piano celebrates Irving Berlin's songwriting legacy.

Pledges of Allegiance

What does old-fashioned patriotic music mean in a newfangled war?

Calendar

Feb. 26 - Mar. 4, 1998

Letters

Feb. 26 - Mar. 4, 1998

Survey Says

Are Denver listeners getting the radio they deserve? A Backbeat investigation.

Rock's Roles

Hardrock Gunter: From rockabilly pioneer to insurance agent to rock-and-roll legend.

TONY! TONY! TONY!

TONY BENNETT IS GETTING OLDER--AND BETTER.

PLAYLIST

TONY BENNETT IS GETTING OLDER--AND BETTER.

Playlist

The Velvet Underground, Big Star, Guru, The Drop Nineteens

Michael Buble's Christmas raises the bar for all holiday tracks, plus a breakdown of the charts

It's going to be a holly, jolly Christmas with Michael Buble's new collection of holiday classics.​Michael Buble put out a killer Christmas record, and it could not have come at a better time. While the charts are currently flooded with dance-pop beats, synthesizers-laden hooks and auto-tuned ... More >>